Visual Political Communication; Discursive and Visual Representations of Politics; Rightwing Populism and Rightwing Extremism, Alt Right; Gender Studies; Memory Politics and Remembrance Cultures; Qualitative Methods

Third-party funded research projects (selection since 2007)

Gedenkjahr 2018: Vergangenheit im Fokus politischer Kommunikation (Koordinationsbüro für das Gedenkjahr 2018/BKA, Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich) (2018-2020) - project lead

The Austrian Presidential Elections 2016: A Case Study in Visual Political Storytelling (Austrian National Bank) (2017-2019) - project lead

Political Communication oft he Far Right –Europe and the United States in Comparison (partly financed by the Fulbright Commission) (2018) – project lead

Kein Platz für zweite Meinungen - der Streit um das dritte Hilfspaket für Griechenland in deutschen und österreichischen Medien (Austrian National Bank) (2017-2018) – project lead

Anti-Muslim/Islamophobic Political Discourses and Images in Europe and the United States (partly financed by the Marshall Plan Foundation) (2014-2016) – project lead

Historical Consciousness among Youth in Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria: Case Study Austria (European Network Remembrance and Solidarity/enrs.eu) (2014) – project lead

Divided Memories? Visuelle Darstellungen des 20. Jahrhunderts in Europäischen Geschichtsbüchern (Austrian National Bank) (2011-2013)

Indikatoren für Demokratiequalität: Reformdiskussionen und Demokratiewahrnehmung der Bevölkerung (Renner Institute Vienna) (2009)

Film-Memory-Politics (Austrian Ministry of Science) (2006-2007)

Negotiating Gender in the European Union (Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Bratislava) (2006-2007) – project lead

Membership and activities in professional organisations

Since 2017 Vice Chair of the Research Committee 47 “Local-Global Relations”, International Political Science Association (IPSA)

 Since 2012 Senior President of the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA), 2009-2012 President, 2006-2009 Secretary General, 2003-2006 Austrian Representative Executive Committee of CEPSA

2010-2011 Chair of the Austrian Political Science Association (AuPSA), 1991-1992 Secretary General; Chair of the Section “Visual Political Communication” (since 2017), Member of the Sections “Visual Politics” (since 2017, Spokesperson), “Politics of History” (since 2013) and “AGORA/Democracy Research” (since 2000)

Member of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), German Studies Association (GSA), International Visual Studies Association (IVSA), Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Southern Political Science Association (SPSA)

Member of the Editorial Board of Sociologia - Slovak Sociological Review

Current position

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Sociology Associate Professor, University of Trnava

Member of the executive team of the Postgraduate Program „Global Citizenship Education“, University of Klagenfurt

Lecturer at the Postgraduate Program “Master of European Studies”, University of Vienna

Lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Master Program “Contemporary History and Media”, University of Vienna

Lecturer at Karlshochschule International University, Karlsruhe

Education

06/2007 Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification in Political Science (Habilitation/Venia Docendi), University of Innsbruck

04/1998 PhD in Political Science, University of Vienna

06/1990 Diploma Postgraduate Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research, Vienna

02/1989 Scholarship, University Rostock

03/1987 Master Diploma in Political Science, University of Vienna

06/1985 Diploma University Course of Studies “Advertising and Marketing”, University of Economics, Vienna

Professional positions held

Deputy Director Studies Program Political Science, University of Vienna (October 2016 – September 2020)

2018 Fulbright Visiting Professor and Scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota

Visiting Professor and Marshall Plan Anniversary Chair 2014-2015 at the Department of Political Science, University of New Orleans

2016-2018 Lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Master Program “East European Studies”, University of Vienna

2014 Visiting Professor at AAU Klagenfurt (Centre of Peace Research and Peace Education and Department of Media and Communication Studies; Lecturer at the Centre of Peace Research and Peace Education 2010-2012)

2014 Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Innsbruck (also 2010/2011, 2006, 2003, 1996 and 1995)

2012-2013 Visiting Lecturer at the Nationalism Studies Program, CEU Budapest

2012 Lecturer at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Vienna

2011 Visiting Professor at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Vienna

2009-2014 Faculty Member of the Doctoral College “European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research”, Faculty for Historical and Cultural Studies and Faculty for Social Sciences, University of Vienna

2009 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu

2008 to 2010 Staff Member of the Summer School & Distance Learning Program "Security, Stability & Integration", Chisinau

September 2008 Visiting Fellow at the University of Podgorica

2008 Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

2007-2008  Visiting Fellow at the WSHE Łodz

2006-2014 Visiting Fellow at the Jean Monnet Chair, Comenius University Bratislava

2005-2007 Lecturer at the Department of History, University of Vienna

2003-2008 Researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna 2000-2006 Lecturer at the University Course of Studies “Political Education, MScProgram“/IFF Innsbruck/Klagenfurt/Krems/Vienna

1999-2004 Lecturer at the FGS (Feminist Basic Studies), Rosa Mayreder College, Strobl/Vienna

1997-1998 Researcher at the Wittgenstein Research Centre „Discourse, Politics, Identity“, Vienna

1996-2003 Researcher at the Social Sciences Department of the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Vienna

1996-1997 Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg

1991-2011 Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

1990-2000 Researcher at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting WKW, Vienna

Other professional activities

Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Area „Governance, Democracy, Solidarity, University of Vienna (since 2014)

Member of the Research Consortium Gender and Agency, University of Vienna (since 2013)

Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Area “East European Studies”, Faculty for Social Sciences, University of Vienna (since 2009)

Member of the Scientific Board of the Project “Neugestaltung der Österreichischen Gedenkstätte in Auschwitz-Birkenau“ (since 2009, Vice Chair since 2014)

Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Area “Visual Studies”, Faculty for Social Sciences, University of Vienna (since 2008)

Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Area “Transition and Gender”, Faculty for Social Sciences, University of Vienna (since 2005)

Member of the Interdisciplinary Working Group “Sites of memory”, Commission of Cultural Studies and History of the Theatre, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (since 1998)

Evaluator for the European Commission: Horizon 2020, Framework Program 7, Framework Program 6, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships, Erasmus+/Jean Monnet (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2003)

Evaluator for the Fulbright Commission (scholarships for outgoing Austrian students)

Evaluator for the Austrian Academy of Sciences (PhD scholarships)

Continuous Reviewing for International Academic Journals, Research Institutions/Funds and Scientific Programs

Teaching activities and mentoring

Regular teaching of BA, MA and PhD courses at University of Trnava, University of Vienna, and Karlshochschule International UniversityKarlsruhe

Regular supervision of BA, MA and PhD theses

Member of the Board Political Science 1, University of Vienna (for the presentation of PhD projects)

2015 Participation in the Mentoring Program of the Midwest Political Science Association; 2012-2014

Participation in the Mentoring Program “Enhancing Social Scientific Research in Kosovo and its Integration into the European Research Area” (ESSIe)

Professional honors, awards and fellowships

Fulbright Visting Professor and Scholar 2018

Science Award of the Margaretha Lupac Foundation of the Austrian Parliament 2015

Visiting Professor and Marshall Plan Anniversary Chair 2014-2015

Community service

Member of the Editorial Board of the Online Orientation Tool “wahlkabine.at” (since 2002)

Publications (selection since 2009)

Books

2020

Wie Bilder Wahlkampf machen. Mandelbaum. Vienna (with Petra Bernhard).

2014

Cultural Patterns of Politics (eds. with Olga Gyarfasova). LIT. Berlin-Münster-Vienna.

2009

The Discursive Construction of National Identity. Second Edition (revised and updated). Edinburgh University Press (with Ruth Wodak/Rudolf de Cillia/Martin Reisigl).

EUropäische Bildpolitiken. Politische Bildanalyse an Beispielen der EU-Politik. WUV Vienna (with Petra Bernhardt/Leila Hadj-Abdou/Andreas Pribersky).

Zeitgeist Ne Anlatyor? Kirmizi Kedi Yayunevi Istanbul (eds. with Alpat, Emrah/Arslan, Tunca/Bilbilik, Erol/Hepkon, Haluk).

Peer reviewed articles and book chapters

2020

25 years later - Austra's shift to the populist right: national characteristiscs of a pan-European trend. Politics in Central Europe. Volume 16/2 (2020). 399-417.

Storytelling im digitalen Wahlkampf. Analysen transmedialer Kampagnen am Beispiel der osterreichischen Bundesprasidentschaftswahl 2016. In: Brantner Cornelia/Götzenbrucker, Gerit/Schreiber, Maria (eds.): Vernetzte Bilder. Köln. Herbert von Halem Verlag. 110-131 (with Petra Bernhardt).

The Normalization of Right-Wing Populist Discourses and Politics in Austria. In: Wöhl, Stefanie/ Springler, · Elisabeth/Pachel, Martin/Zeilinger Bernhard (eds.): The State of the European Union- Fault Lines in European Integration. Springer. Wiesbaden. 79-100.

2019

The Use of Social Media in the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign: Reframing the Homeland-Story as an Inclusive Concept. In: Bischof, Guenter/ Wineroither, David M. (eds.): Democracy in Austria (Contemporary Austrian Studies 28). New Orleans/Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press, 177−198 (with Petra Bernhardt).

Gedenkjahr 2018: Erinnern im Fokus politischer Online-Kommunikation. Zeitgeschichte 4/2019. 479-500 (with Petra Bernhardt).

Visuelle Politik: Perspektiven eines politikwissenschaftlichen Forschungsbereichs. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 48(2) 2019, 44−54 (with Petra Bernhardt, Andreas Pribersky).

Terrorbilder in den Medien: eine Analyse bildjournalistischer Diskussionen zu (visueller) Terrorberichterstattung. In: Schwender, Clemens/Brantner, Cornelia/von Gottberg, Joachim/ Graubner, Camilla (Hg.): zeigen I andeuten I verstecken. Bilder zwischen Verantwortung und Provokation“. Herbert von Halem Verlag: Köln. 180-197 (mit Petra Bernhardt).

2018

The unsettling shadow of the past: National-populism in Austria. In: Martinelli, Alberto (ed.): When Populism Meets Nationalism, Center on Europe & Global Governance ISPI. Milan.

Weiss, Alexandra/Liebhart, Karin (2018): Spuren des Widerständigen: Forschung für Emanzipation und Demokratie – Eine Festschrift für Erika Thurner. Innsbruck University Press.

Rechtspopulismus als Teil der “politischen Mitte”. In: Weiss, Alexandra/Liebhart, Karin (2018): Spuren des Widerständigen: Forschung für Emanzipation und Demokratie – Eine Festschrift für Erika Thurner. Innsbruck University Press. 121-131.

Secession conflicts in the EU – Spain and United Kingdom by comparison. In: European Review of Law and International Relations, 1/2018, 23-34.

2017

Political Storytelling on Instagram: Key Aspects of Alexander Van der Bellen’s Successful 2016 Presidential Election Campaign. In: Media and Communication 2017, Vol. 5, Issue 4. 1525 (with Petra Bernhardt).

Zur symbolischen Bevölkerung ›identitärer‹ Landschaften. In: Bargetz, Brigitte/Kreisky, Eva/Ludwig, Gundula (eds.): Dauerkämpfe. Feministische Zeitdiagnosen und Strategien. Campus Verlag. Frankfurt/M. 217-227.

Diskursive Konstruktionen Osteuropas in Zeiten europäischer Krisen. In: Olteanu, Tina/Spöri, Tobias/Jaitner, Felix/Asenbaum, Hans (eds.): Osteuropa transformiert. Sozialismus, Demokratie und Utopie. Springer VS. Berlin. 229-243.

Politik auf Instagram: Bildstrategien von Norbert Hofer und Alexander Van der Bellen im Bundespräsidentschaftswahlkampf 2016. In: SWS-Rundschau Vol. 57, 2/2017. 156-167 (with Petra Bernhardt).

2016

A Multi-Method Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Anti-Pluralistic Politics. In: Kiess, Johannes/Decker, Oliver/Brähler, Elmar (eds.): German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism. Challenges for Comparative Analysis. Routledge. London-New York. 61-80.

Austria. In: Viola, Donatella M. (ed.): Routledge Handbook of European Elections. Taylor and Francis (with Silvia Kritzinger). 377-395.

2015

Visuelle Repräsentationen antipluralistischer Politik am Beispiel der Islamfeindlichkeit. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft Volume 44, 2/2015. 87-103.

Images of the Mediterranean in Late 20th Century German Quality Press. In: Journal of European Integration History. Volume 21, 1/2015. 33-46.

Dimensionen transnationaler Erinnerung – 1989 und die friedlichen Systemwechsel in der MOE-Region als neuer europäischer lieux de mémoire? In: Nagy, Hajnalka/Wintersteiner, Werner (eds.): Erinnern-Erzählen-Europa: Das Gedächtnis der Literatur. Studienverlag. Innsbruck-Vienna. 217-235.

Muslimenfeindlichkeit in der politischen Kommunikation. Disziplinübergreifende Zugänge zur Analyse politischer Werbung. In: Dreidemy, Lucile et al. (eds.): Bananen, Cola, Zeitgeschichte: Oliver Rathkolb und das lange 20. Jahrhundert. Böhlau. Vienna-Cologne-Weimar. 1053-1069.

Klasse, Schicht, Milieu. In: Diendorfer, Gertraud et al. (eds.): Friedensforschung, Konfliktforschung, Demokratieforschung. Ein Handbuch. Böhlau. Vienna-Cologne-Weimar. 82-86.

Die 1978er Ausstellung im Kontext der Studienreisen der Gesellschaft für politische Aufklärung. In: Nationalfond der Republik Österreich (ed.): Dokumentationsband zur 1978erAusstellung. Vienna. 80-89 (with Sabine Pőlcz/Waltraud Riegler).

2014

Austria and its Experience with European Parliament Elections: Evidence since 1996. In: Politics in Central Europe Volume 10, 2014/1. 75-95 (with Sylvia Kritzinger).

Discursive and Visual Representations of EU Presidencies: Austria, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in Comparison. In: Gyarfasova, Olga/Liebhart, Karin (eds.): Cultural Patterns of Politics. LIT. Berlin-Münster-Vienna. 53-79.

Visual Narratives of Political Change in European History Textbooks. In: Gyarfasova, Olga/Liebhart, Karin (eds.): Cultural Patterns of Politics. LIT Berlin-Münster-Vienna. 215-231 (with Petra Mayrhofer).

2013

Icon of the Orange Revolution, Evita of Kyiv, Ukrainian Barbie doll, Jeanne d’Arc, innocent victim? The multifaceted visual representations of Yulia Tymoshenko”. In: Politics in Central Europe Volume 9, 2013/1. 27-46.

The CEE and SEE Expansion of Austrian Banks. A Showcase Analysis of Relating Media Coverage. In: Agh, Attila et al. (eds.): The ECE Region in the EU28. Together for Europe Series. Budapest. 365-379.

2012

Political Culture in Southeast Europe. In: Döring, Thomas/Sternad, Dietmar (eds.): Handbook of Doing Business in Southeast Europe. Palgrave-MacMillan. Houndmills Basingstoke. 51-86.

 2011

Demokratiequalität und Demokratiereform – aktuelle Diskussionen auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene. In: Prammer, Barbara/Rosenberg, Barbara/Duffek, Karl A. (eds.): Die Qualität der Demokratie. Kriterien, Befunde, Herausforderungen. Löcker Vienna. 91-117.

2010

Anmerkungen zu Gedächtnis und Politik im europäischen Integrationsprozess. In: De Cillia, Rudolf et al. (eds.): Diskurs-Politik-Identität. Festschrift für Ruth Wodak. Stauffenburg Verlag Tübingen. 275-281.

Menschen-Mythen-Meilensteine. Die Österreichische Länderausstellung 1996. In: Rupnow, Dirk/Uhl, Heidemarie (eds.): Zeit-/Geschichte ausstellen in Österreich. Bestandsaufnahme und Recherche. Böhlau Vienna-Cologne--Weimar. 255-274.

Stichwort „Europa“. In: Adibeli Nduka-Agwu/Hornscheidt, Antje (eds.): Rassistische Sprachhandlungen. Brandes + Apsel Berlin.

2009

Divergierende Erinnerungskulturen und gedächtnispolitische Konflikte als Faktoren im europäischen Integrationsprozess: Das Beispiel der Baltischen Staaten Estland und Lettland. In: Ratkovic, Viktorija et al. (eds.): Spielregeln der Gewalt. Drava Klagenfurt/Celovec. 119138. Ezoterik, Okültizm ve Asain Sagci Düsünce. In: Alpat, Emrah/Arslan, Tunca/Bilbilik, Erol/Hepkon, Haluk/Liebhart, Karin (eds.): Zeitgeist Ne Anlatyor? Kirmizi Kedi Yayunevi. Istanbul. 94-122.